Batrep: Sprue Posse RTT 6/5 Featured Match - Tyranids vs Orks (1500)

The Lists

Ryan Shepard's Tyranids (1500)

HQ

Tervigon (Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs)

Troops

Tervigon (Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Onslaught)
Tervigon (Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs, Onslaught)
Termagant x 10
Termagant x 10

Heavy Support

Tyrannofex (Rupture Cannon)
Tyrannofex (Rupture Cannon)

Elite

Hive Guard x2
Hive Guard x2
Hive Guard x2

Levi Joos - Orks

HQ

Warbooss (Cybork, Attack Squig, Heavy Armor, Power Klaw)
Big Mek (Kustom Force Field, Power Klaw)

Elite

Loota x5
Loota x5
Loota x5

Troops

Nobz x7 (Cybork x7, Waagh Banner, Powerklaw x2, Big Choppa x2, Combi Rockitt x2, Bosspole x2, Ammo Runt x2) w Painboy
Boyz x18 (Shoota, Rockitt) w Nob (Powerklaw, Bosspole)
Boyz x11 (Slugga) w Nob (Powerklaw, Bosspole) w Trukk (Ram, Plank)
Gretchin x19 + Runtherd

Fast Attack

Deffkopta (TL Rockitt, Buzzsaw)

Heavy Support

Battlewagon (Deffrolla, Kannon, Plank, Riggers, Stikkbomb Chukka)
Battlewagon (Deffrolla, Kannon, Plank)

The Mission

Capture and Control - Pitched Battle

The Game

Tyranids win initiative and decide to go first. Orks choose not to sieze.

Deployment

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Objectives are pretty much placed in the far corners. Tyranids are mostly grouped up to protect their objective, with 1 Tervigon placed on far edge, positioned to take the Ork Objective. Ork Battlewagons deploy across from bulk of Tyranids. Ork Truck and Deffkopta are deployed on far edge to protect Ork Objective.

Scout Moves

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Deffkopta moves into cover, but takes a wound.

Top of Turn 1

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Tervigon (a, far side), makes 9 gants, but rolls doubles. Tervigon (b) makes 10 gants. Tyranid army does some minor repositioning.

Hiveguard (a) shoots at Deffkopta, but misses. Hiveguard (b) shoots at Lootas (a) and kills 2. Hiveguard onslaughts and shoots at Lootas (a) and kills 1, leading towards them failing a leadership test and moving off board. Both T-Fexes shoot at wagon, yielding a glance in total, shaking it.

Bottom of Turn 1

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Ork Battlewagons, Truck, and Deffkopta move up towards Tyranids.

Lootas (b) shoot at Hiveguard (a) and kills 1. Lootas (c) shoot at Tervigon (c), nothing happens. Un-shaken wagon shoots at Hiveguard (a) and nothing happens. Boyz in the same wagon shoot at Hiveguard (a) and nothing happens. Kopta shoots at Gants and nothing happens.

Kopta assault gants and kills 1 gant. Gants hold.

Top of Turn 2

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Tyranids shuffle around some more. Tervigon (c) makes 15 gants, no doubles.

Tervigon (a) and gants shoot at Truck to no effect. T-Fexes shoot at Nob wagon, no effect. Hiveguard (c) shoots at Nob Wagon, glances, rolls a 6, which in Open Topped World yields a Wreck and Nobz fall out.

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Hiveguard (b) shoot at Nobz and kill 1. Hiveguard (c) shoot at Nobz and kill 1.

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Tervigon (c) assaults Truck but whiffs. Gants in assault with Kopta kill it.

Bottom of Turn 2

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Gretchin arrive from reserve and move onto Ork Objective. Mek wagon moves up. Truck shocks Tervigon (c) and Boyz disembark.

Orks Waugh!

Nobz run towards T-Fex. Lootas (b) kill Hivegaurd (c), destroying the unit. Lootas shoot at Tervigon (c) and do 2 wounds. Boyz shoot at Tervigon (c) and do nothing. Boyz in wagon shoot at gants and kill 3.

Nobz assault T-fex and gants. Nobz take 3 wounds, but kill everything in return.
Boyz assault Tervigon (a) and inflict 3 wounds, and 1 boy dies in return.

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Top of Turn 3

Tervigon (c) creates 8 gants. Tervigon (b) creates 11, but gets doubles. Rest of army has minor moves.

Remaining T-Fex immobilizes the Mek wagon. Gants and Hiveguard shoot at Nob unit but only kill 1 Nob.

Gants assault Boyz that are in assault with Tervigon, killing all of the Boyz.

Bottom of Turn 3

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Nobz move up. Truck moves to try to block Tervigon (c) and Gants.

Boyz in Wagon shoot gants and kill 6. Wagon shoots and kills 1 gant.

Nobz assualt 3 units of gants and kill all 3 units.

Top of Turn 4

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Tervigon (c) creates 13 more gants. Several units of gants start to swarm around Nobz.

Tervigon and Gants shoot at Gretchin on Ork Objective and kill enough to force leadership test. Gretchin fail LD7 test twice in a row and they run off table, leaving Ork Objective unscored.

2 different gant squads charge the Nobz, who are already in combat with 2 other squads onf gants, and kill all but 1 Nob and the Warboss.

Bottom of Turn 4

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Time is running out and the Orks have no troops left near their own objective to score. Mek Wagon is still immobilized and Nob and Warboos stuck in assault with Gants, which they are now bound to lose.

Gants kill Nobz.

Time is out. Game Ends.

Tervigon as Troop is on Tyranid objective and base is big enough to prevent teh Nobz from contesting even if they did manage to escape the assault.

Tyranids Win 1-0.